Comments on: 6 Reasons I’m Glad I Canceled My Newspaper Subscription http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/ Taking blogs from potential to influential Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Laura Christianson http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-2117 Laura Christianson Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:13:35 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/?p=417#comment-2117 Cyndy, You're causing me to have newspaper withdrawal symptoms! Quick, get me my newspaper fix! Or chocolate! Or something! Laura Cyndy,

You’re causing me to have newspaper withdrawal symptoms! Quick, get me my newspaper fix! Or chocolate! Or something!

Laura

]]> By: Cyndy Kryder http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-2116 Cyndy Kryder Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:39:20 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/?p=417#comment-2116 I remain a newspaper junkie, despite what I perceive as a lowering of editing standards in the newspaper to which I subscribe. I still enjoy beginning my day with a cup of freshly brewed coffee and the daily paper in my hands, not on my screen. Granted, I start by discarding all the advertising inserts and the classifieds, and I confess that I now only skim certain sections. But for me that routine helps me move into my day. PS. I just found your blog. Love it! I remain a newspaper junkie, despite what I perceive as a lowering of editing standards in the newspaper to which I subscribe. I still enjoy beginning my day with a cup of freshly brewed coffee and the daily paper in my hands, not on my screen. Granted, I start by discarding all the advertising inserts and the classifieds, and I confess that I now only skim certain sections. But for me that routine helps me move into my day.

PS. I just found your blog. Love it!

]]> By: Grady Houger http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Grady Houger Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:41:26 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/?p=417#comment-1925 I don't subscribe to a newspaper, but I started reading them for a while for a newswriting class. I really liked the floppy, foldable paper. It was great for reading during bus rides, meals, and while waiting around. It was easier to navigate than a website; sections where tactile and my eye could jump from one story to the next. Of course, the content wasn't engaging enough to get me hooked. An all-local newspaper that also ran fiction and had a large comics section would be awesome. I don’t subscribe to a newspaper, but I started reading them for a while for a newswriting class. I really liked the floppy, foldable paper. It was great for reading during bus rides, meals, and while waiting around. It was easier to navigate than a website; sections where tactile and my eye could jump from one story to the next. Of course, the content wasn’t engaging enough to get me hooked. An all-local newspaper that also ran fiction and had a large comics section would be awesome.

]]> By: Elliot Ross http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 Elliot Ross Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:13:16 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/?p=417#comment-1921 Yes - I have cancelled newspaper subsriptions. I also get the news on-line. That being said - I usually purchase the Saturday edition - simply because it is the one 'biggie' per week that dives into more local personal interest, prominent regional figure Bio's, community stories and the like. The types of traditional written stories that you usually won't find in on-line news. (I believe in many US markets that is often a Sunday edition) Yes - I have cancelled newspaper subsriptions. I also get the news on-line.

That being said - I usually purchase the Saturday edition - simply because it is the one ‘biggie’ per week that dives into more local personal interest, prominent regional figure Bio’s, community stories and the like.

The types of traditional written stories that you usually won’t find in on-line news.

(I believe in many US markets that is often a Sunday edition)

]]> By: Stacey http://heblogssheblogs.com/6-reasons-im-glad-i-canceled-my-newspaper-subscription/comment-page-1/#comment-1920 Stacey Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:01:05 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/?p=417#comment-1920 Interesting post! As someone who freelances for my daily newspaper, I hate to see people canceling newspaper subscriptions. But, as a newspaper reader myself, I completely understand. I live in a mid-sized city. Our current newspaper is around 50 to 75 percent AP stories everyday. Magazines, which is my first specialty, seem to have picked up on the need to be niche oriented to survive in this economy and with the Internet. Many newspapers are failing to do that. Their niche is local news, but yet they persist in national news stories that their readers will already have heard about at least five times through TV, radio and Internet news programs. Sad situation. Interesting post! As someone who freelances for my daily newspaper, I hate to see people canceling newspaper subscriptions. But, as a newspaper reader myself, I completely understand. I live in a mid-sized city. Our current newspaper is around 50 to 75 percent AP stories everyday. Magazines, which is my first specialty, seem to have picked up on the need to be niche oriented to survive in this economy and with the Internet. Many newspapers are failing to do that. Their niche is local news, but yet they persist in national news stories that their readers will already have heard about at least five times through TV, radio and Internet news programs. Sad situation.

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